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Internal Audit Function, Organizational Culture and Their Influence on Corporate Governance
Cerasela, Spãtariu Elena; Carata? Maria Alina - In: Ovidius University Annals, Economic Sciences Series XIV (2014) 1, pp. 738-742
Through this paper the authors are trying to highlight the strategic role that internal audit function holds in increasing the efficiency of corporate governance. The research starts with a comprehensive approach to internal audit and internal control, our intention being to identify synergies...
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Corporate Governance Challenges in a Transitional Economy. Case Study: Romania
Carata? Maria Alina; Cerasela, Spãtariu Elena - In: Ovidius University Annals, Economic Sciences Series XIV (2014) 1, pp. 451-454
The purpose of this research paper aims the study of actual corporate governance of the listed entities on the capital market. For the empirical study, we chose a segment of top banks in Romania, some of them being listed. On the research demarche we have proceeded to an analysis on the manner...
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Monitoring and corporate disclosure: Evidence from a natural experiment
Irani, Rustom M.; Oesch, David - In: Journal of Financial Economics 109 (2013) 2, pp. 398-418
. Overall, our results suggest that security analysts monitor managers and entrenched managers adopt less informative disclosure …
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Are firm- and country-specific governance substitutes? Evidence from financial contracts in emerging markets
Francis, Bill; Hasan, Iftekhar; Song, Liang - Suomen Pankki - 2012
We investigate how borrowers’ corporate governance influences bank loan contracting terms in emerging markets and how this relation varies across countries with different country-level governance. We find that borrowers with stronger corporate governance obtain favorable contracting terms with...
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On the fundamentals of winning virtuous strategies creation toward leveraged buyout transactions implementation during private equity investment in conditions of resonant absorptio...
Ledenyov, Dimitri O.; Ledenyov, Viktor O. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
The authors perform an original research on the fundamentals of winning virtuous strategies creation toward the leveraged buyout transactions implementation during the private equity investment in the conditions of the resonant absorption of discrete information in the diffusion - type financial...
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Corporate socially responsible investments: CEO altruism, reputation, and shareholder interests
Borghesi, Richard; Houston, Joel F.; Naranjo, Andy - In: Journal of Corporate Finance 26 (2014) C, pp. 164-181
Corporate managers often invest in activities that are deemed to be socially responsible. In some instances, these … investments enhance shareholder value. However, in other cases, altruistic managers or managers who privately benefit from the … enhancing. Given this backdrop, we investigate the various factors that motivate firm managers to make socially responsible …
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On the fundamentals of winning virtuous strategies creation toward leveraged buyout transactions implementation during private equity investment in conditions of resonant absorptio...
Ledenyov, Dimitri O.; Ledenyov, Viktor O. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
The authors perform an original research on the fundamentals of winning virtuous strategies creation toward the leveraged buyout transactions implementation during the private equity investment in the conditions of the resonant absorption of discrete information in the diffusion - type financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011107335
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The impact of investor protection law on corporate policy and performance: Evidence from the blue sky laws
Agrawal, Ashwini K. - In: Journal of Financial Economics 107 (2013) 2, pp. 417-435
Recent studies have debated the impact of investor protection law on corporate behavior and value. I exploit the staggered passage of state securities fraud statutes (“blue sky laws”) in the United States to estimate the causal effects of investor protection law on firm financing decisions...
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On the fundamentals of winning virtuous strategies creation toward leveraged buyout transactions implementation during private equity investment in conditions of resonant absorptio...
Ledenyov, Dimitri O.; Ledenyov, Viktor O. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
The authors perform an original research on the fundamentals of winning virtuous strategies creation toward the leveraged buyout transactions implementation during the private equity investment in the conditions of the resonant absorption of discrete information in the diffusion - type financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011111186
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Outside directors and board advising and monitoring performance
Kim, Kyonghee; Mauldin, Elaine; Patro, Sukesh - In: Journal of Accounting and Economics 57 (2014) 2, pp. 110-131
Divergent views exist about whether boards must tradeoff advising for monitoring performance when utilizing outside versus inside directors. We suggest a dichotomous tradeoff focus underestimates outside directors׳ impact on board performance. We find outside director tenure positively...
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